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Claudio Neves Valente, suspected in the killing of an MIT professor and a deadly shooting at Brown University. (FBI Boston)
December 19, 2025, 9:00 am
Suspect in both Brown University shooting and murder of MIT physicist found dead
Claudio Neves Valente, a former Brown student who went to university with slain scientist Nuno F.G. Loureiro in Portugal, died of self-inflicted gunshot wound, officials say
By KIMBERLEE KRUESI, ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and Eric Tucker
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Prof. Nuno Loureiro, in an undated photo. (MIT / Jake Belcher / AP)
December 17, 2025, 6:46 am
MIT professor of physics and fusion shot dead at his home near Boston
Police open homicide investigation after fatal shooting of Nuno Loureiro, days after deadly shooting some 50 miles away at Brown University
By AP
Students walk past the "Great Dome" atop Building 10 on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus in Cambridge, Mass, April 3, 2017. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)
October 11, 2025, 10:09 am
MIT president rejects Trump’s ‘priority’ funding offer in exchange for policy changes
Sally Kornbluth, who is Jewish, is first university leader to reject Trump’s offer; US’s academic leadership ‘depends on independent thinking,’ she says in letter to administration
By Grace Gilson
This 2024 photo provided by John Santoro shows, from left, Dr. Michael Groff, Karenna Groff, Dr. Joy Saini, and James Santoro. (Courtesy John Santoro via AP)
April 14, 2025, 3:19 pm
NY plane crash victims named as family heading to Passover, birthday celebrations
Karenna Groff, who received 2022 prestigious NCAA Woman of the Year award, killed along with her partner, physician parents, brother and his partner as they headed to the Catskills
By Jake Offenhartz
Anti-Israel protesters chant holding signs at a rally in front of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on May 28, 2024. (Joseph Prezioso/AFP)
August 8, 2024, 11:07 pm
Judge dismisses antisemitism lawsuit against MIT, says Jewish students were kept safe
Plaintiffs say they will continue to ‘hold bad actors responsible’ on US campuses after judge finds MIT took steps against protests that posed a threat to Jewish students
By AP and ToI Staff
File - US linguist and political activist Noam Chomsky is pictured during a press conference in Curitiba, Brazil, on September 20, 2018. (Heuler Andrey / AFP)
June 19, 2024, 11:31 am
Noam Chomsky’s wife denies reports famed linguist and Israel critic died in Brazil
Prominent activist, 95, had been hospitalized while recovering from a stroke suffered a year ago, Valeria Chomsky says, as false reports of his death spread on social media
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Illustrative: UC Santa Cruz workers who are union members of UAW 4811 and pro-Palestinian protesters carry signs as they demonstrate in front of the UC Santa Cruz campus on May 20, 2024 in Santa Cruz, California. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images/AFP)
June 1, 2024, 11:03 am
Police break up anti-Israel protest encampment, arrest 80 at UC Santa Cruz
Campuses in Cambridge, Detroit also see clashes, as resurgent anti-Israel encampment at Columbia University criticized by ADL for sharing ‘fawning’ guides to terrorism
By AP and ToI Staff
DJ Daniel Vaknin at the 'We Will Dance Again' concert at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, May 16, 2024. (Courtesy of Leora Kimmel Greene)
May 24, 2024, 2:00 am
Matisyahu, Idan Raichel headline MIT concert for post-October 7 Jewish unity and joy
Top Israeli and US artists including Five for Fighting flock to May 16’s ‘We Will Dance Again,’ attended by nearly 1,500 in a show of resilience amid widespread adversity
By Rich Tenorio
A line of police in riot gear walk past police dismantling pro-Palestinian encampment at MIT, before dawn Friday, May 10, 2024, in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds)
May 10, 2024, 5:30 pm
Police dismantle anti-Israel encampment at MIT, begin clearing at other campuses
Police in riot gear also clear out encampments at Penn and University of Arizona; MIT president says encampment ‘no longer safely sustainable’
By AP and ToI Staff
Screen capture from video of Democratic Representative Ilhan Omar (right) visiting an anti-Israel protest camp at Columbia University, April 26, 2023. (X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
April 28, 2024, 11:27 am
ADL accuses Rep. Omar of ‘blood libel’ for saying some Jewish students pro-genocide
Congresswoman visits Columbia University protest camp, which has galvanized similar rallies across country; over 200 arrested as some schools call in cops to clear sit-ins
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Dancers perform a piece by Dalia Davis honoring the families of hostages held in Gaza, at a dress rehearsal prior to the annual Israeli Folkdance Festival of Boston at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, on March 17, 2024. (Photo by Aryeh Blanshay)
March 21, 2024, 1:03 am
In Boston, dancers perform moving homage to families of hostages in Gaza
Israeli folk dance festival at MIT features unique piece by Dalia Davis, as black and gray-clad performers — including a state senator — honor those in Hamas captivity
By Rich Tenorio
Students walk past the "Great Dome" atop Building 10 on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus in Cambridge, Mass, April 3, 2017. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)
March 8, 2024, 2:45 am
Two Jewish students file federal lawsuit against MIT over campus antisemitism
Claim alleges that the university has approved antisemitic activities on campus and tolerated discrimination and harassment against Jewish students and faculty
By AP
A pedestrian on the campus of Yeshiva University in New York City on August 30, 2022. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images, via JTA)
February 21, 2024, 4:01 am
Professor who quit MIT over its antisemitism response takes job at Yeshiva University
School calls itself a ‘safe haven’ in announcement on hiring of Mauricio Karchmer, weeks after he left MIT due to its handling of Jew hatred on campus after October 7
By Luke Tress
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) president Sally Kornbluth speaks during a hearing of the US House Committee on Education on Capitol Hill, December 5, 2023 in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
February 15, 2024, 6:33 am
MIT suspends anti-Israel student group for holding unauthorized demonstration
University’s president stresses move not due to content of speech by Coalition Against Apartheid, which accuses school of violating its right to fight for ‘Palestinian liberation’
By Agencies
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) president Sally Kornbluth speaks during a hearing of the US House Committee on Education on Capitol Hill, December 5, 2023 in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
January 6, 2024, 1:56 am
Will MIT President Sally Kornbluth survive the campus antisemitism reckoning?
The third school head who testified in a controversial hearing last month faces pressure to resign as her peers did. But will her track record and Jewish engagement save her job?
By Andrew Lapin
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